A 28-year-old office drone transmigrates into the daughter of a farming family in the Northern Song Dynasty.
The first thing she does after waking up: faint from hunger.
The second: realize her family’s worse off than her old office cubicle
her father is injured, her mother is in tears, her eldest brother came back empty-handed after asking for grain, and her little sister has to swallow her saliva.
Zhou Xiao was never treated this way in her previous life.
She makes up her mind: this time, she’ll make sure they all have enough to eat.
She knows how to forage for wild greens.
She can improve their pickling methods, too.
And making a fish trap? Easy.
Before she knows it, their pickled vegetables are a hit.
Before she knows it, their smoked meat is famous.
And before she knows it, every member of the family has found their own path.
As for the hunter who keeps bringing them game…
He seems to be hiding a secret.
A survival guide to Bianjing: when the whole family pitches in, life is bound to flourish.
An office drone turned farmer never gives up!